Donations sought for Hempstead fire victim burials
Photo credit: Barry Sloan | Fernando Garcia Rodriguez, 8, died in a Hempstead fire. (Feb. 15, 2013)
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Community leaders in the Village of Hempstead asked Friday for donations to help cover the $12,000 burial costs of a woman and her 8-year-old son killed in a fire a week ago.
Guadalupe Ramirez, 37, and her son, Fernando, died in their third-floor apartment after flames roared through the residential building at 17 St. Paul's Rd. North on Feb. 9.
Ana Ramirez, 53, Guadalupe Ramirez's mother,...
